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Comprehensive food system planning for urban food security in Nanjing, China
(MPDI, 2021)Food system planning is important to achieve the goal of “zero hunger” in the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN, 2016). However, discussion about comprehensive planning for food security is scarce and ... -
A comprehensive review on hydrogen absorption behaviour of metal alloys prepared through mechanical alloying
(MDPI, 2020)Hydride-forming alloys are currently considered reliable and suitable hydrogen storage materials because of their relatively high volumetric densities, and reversible H2 absorption/desorption kinetics, with high storage ... -
A comprehensive study of modulation effects on CMB polarization
(Springer, 2022)The Cosmic Microwave Background is characterized by temperature and linear polar ization fields. Dipole modulation in the temperature field has been extensively studied in the context of hemispherical power asymmetry. In ... -
A comprehensive survey on Fog Computing: State-of-the-art and research challenges
(IEEE, 2018)Cloud computing with its three key facets (i.e., Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Softwareas- a-Service) and its inherent advantages (e.g., elasticity and scalability) still faces several challenges. ... -
Compulsory licensing and access to medicines in post Doha era: What hope for Africa?
(Netherlands International Law Review, 2008)The Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement of 1994, an outcome of the Uruguay Round negotiations, radically altered the role of international trade law in promoting and enforcing intellectual ... -
Computational and preclinical prediction of the antimicrobial properties of an agent isolated from monodora myristica: A novel dna gyrase inhibitor
(MDPI, 2023)The African nutmeg (Monodora myristica) is a medically useful plant. We, herein, aimed to critically examine whether bioactive compounds identified in the extracted oil of Monodora myristica could act as antimicrobial ... -
Computational applications in secondary metabolite discovery (caismd): An online workshop
(BMC, 2021)We report the major conclusions of the online open-access workshop “Computational Applications in Secondary Metabolite Discovery (CAiSMD)” that took place from 08 to 10 March 2021. Invited speakers from academia and industry ... -
Computational approaches for the design of novel anticancer compounds based on pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives as trap1 inhibitor
(Switzerland: MDPI AG, 2021)In the present in-silico study, various computational techniques were applied to determine potent compounds against TRAP1 kinase. The pharmacophore hypothesis DHHRR_1 consists of important features required for activity. ... -
Computational approaches for the design of novel anticancer compounds based on pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives as trap1 inhibitor
(MPDI, 2021)In the present in-silico study, various computational techniques were applied to determine potent compounds against TRAP1 kinase. The pharmacophore hypothesis DHHRR_1 consists of important features required for activity. ... -
Computational characterization of iron metabolism in the tsetse disease vector, glossina morsitans: Ire stem-loops
(BMC, 2016)Iron metabolism and regulation is an indispensable part of species survival, most importantly for blood feeding insects. Iron regulatory proteins are central regulators of iron homeostasis, whose binding to iron response ... -
Computational drug repurposing strategy predicted peptide-based drugs that can potentially inhibit the interaction of SARS-CoV 2 spike protein with its target (humanACE2
(Public Library of Science, 2020)Drug repurposing for COVID-19 has several potential benefits including shorter development time, reduced costs and regulatory support for faster time to market for treatment that can alleviate the current pandemic. The ... -
Computational insight of dexamethasone against potential targets of SARS-CoV-2
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)The health sector has been on the race to find a potent therapy for coronavirus disease (COVID)-19, a diseases caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV)-2. Repurposed anti-viral drugs have played ... -
(Con)texturing ideologies of modesty, authority, and childbearing in 1 Timothy 2:8–15
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)Feminist and gender critical biblical scholarship hasshown how texts ideologically function as products of their ancient social and cultural norms. In my dissertation work on Pauline texts, through isolating ... -
Concept mapping: Stakeholders perceptions of what should be included in interventions programmes aimed at reducing engagement in health risk behaviour amongst youth
(African Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (AFAHPER-SD), 2014)Engagement in health risk behaviours (HRBs) amongst young people is increasing despite numerous programmes to address such behaviours. The active engagement of multiple stakeholder groups, including youth, in articulating ... -
The conceptual evolution in Linguistics implications for the study of Kaaps
(University of the Westen Cape, 2020)zaAbstractAs an academic discipline, Linguistics - the scientific study of language - is associated with a range of concepts. Students of Linguistics are traditionally introduced to these concepts in their first year of ... -
A conceptual framework for cost management training in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
(Journal of Nursing Management, 2013)This paper describes the perceptions of nurse managers about their dual role in nursing units as cost centres. -
Conceptual framework for establishing the African Stroke Organization
(SAGE, 2021)Africa is the world’s most genetically diverse, second largest, and second most populous continent, with over one billion people distributed across 54 countries. With a 23% lifetime risk of stroke, Africa has some of the ... -
A conceptual framework for sustainable waste management in small municipalities: The cases of Langebaan, South Africa and Swakopmund, Namibia
(Springer, 2023)Municipal waste management is a major challenge for local governments in South Africa and Namibia, as in other developing countries. The circular economy concept in waste management is an alternative sustainable development ... -
A conceptual framework of the resemblance in self-leadership and professional core values of nurses in the South African context
(AFAHPER-SD, 2014)In a country such as South Africa with its widely diverse values and belief systems, it could be a challenge to bring about a common understanding of professionalism amongst nurses in a multicultural society. When novice ... -
A conceptual model for the development and management of the Cape Flats aquifer, South Africa
(Water Research Commission, 2010)This paper provides an integrated approach to the analysis of the geological, hydrological and hydrogeological characteristics of the Cape Flats: a coastal plain sand formed within the mountains of the Cape Town metropolitan ...